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E. LA CHANGE AND J. DPPENNELL.

TEXTILE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.11.1914.

Patented Sept. 23,1919.

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IEXIILE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I1. 1914.

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E. LA CHANGE AND J. D. PENNELL.

TEXTILE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED'DEC. ll. I914.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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EDWARD LA CHANCE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, AND JOSEPH D. PENNELL, OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS T0 AMERICAN WARP DRAWING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

TEXTILE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD LA CHANGE and Josrrn D. PENNELL, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, and East Boston, Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Textile-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to textile machines, being more particularly concerned with machines for selecting and separating warp threads and presenting them successively to the action of some mechanism, such for example as a thread-placing device. For purposes of illustration the invention is herein shown embodied in a warp drawing or thread placing machine where the threadplacing device is utilized for placing the warp threads through drop wires, harness eyes and reed dents. \Vhile having particularly advantageous application to a machine of this class it is susceptible of broad application to machines intended for other or similar purposes than drawing-in machines wherein the selection and separation of warp threads is required.

The character of the invention will be best. understood by reference to the following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a drawing-in machine embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale is a plan of a portion of the machine shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of themachine forming a continuation of the portion shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken on line 4; 1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5.

While the invention in many of its aspects is applicable to machines other than warp drawing machines, well as to Warp machines of other types and constructions than the specific one shown herein, we have herein illustrated the invention by embodi ment in a well known type of drawing-in machine which is partially shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The machine here shown may be of the same general construction as the type of machine shown in British Patent No. 4,661 of 190%. and United States patent to Charles Lea, No. 1,153,869, and United States application of Charles Lea, Serial No. 692,468.

In the illustrated form of machine, as is well known to those skilled in the art, the heddles, warp threads and drop wires or other similar loom elements which may be employed are supported in a general parallel arrangement lengthwise of the machine upon suitable supports carried by the main bed or frame 1 of the machine. An appropriate needle 3 or other thread placing device together with suitable needle reciprocating mechanism, is carried by the traveling carriage 5 and caused to traverse the extent of the reed r and hcddles h, warp and drop wires 4.0 and place successive warp threads through the desired heddle eyes or selected reed dent and drop wires, these being appropriately positioned for this purpose in the needle path by suitable selecting and positioning mechanism.

The drawing-in needle may be operated in any suitable manner. As shown herein it is actuated from the main operating shaft 7 through a train of gears 9, 11, 13 and a shaft 15, the latter carrying a crank wheel 17 connected by a rod 19 with an arm 21 the lower end of which is fulcrumed on the end of the carriage 5, referred to, and the upper end of which is connected by a link 23 with the needle holder which slides in a guide 25.

The separate banks or groups of drop wires are provided with releasing shafts '27, worms 29 and worm shafts 31. To rotate these shafts there is provided an actuating shaft 33 adapted to be driven by a pattern mechanism, as more fully hereinafter de scribed, said shaft being connected by a universal joint with a shaft 35 carrying a small pinion 37, the latter meshing with the larger gear 39 provided with an eccentrically arranged pin 11 working in a slottedarm 13 carried by a vertical slide 45 whereby the latter is given a vertical reciprocatorv movement. The upper and; of the slide has: its

opposite sides provided with teeth which mesh with small pinions 47 receiving equal but opposite rotation. Said pinions are secured to shafts 49 provided with chucks 5-1 V relates to the warp separating, selecting and feeding mechanism whereby a plurality of groups of unseparated warp threads may be handled so that a thread may be drawn in from either. For purposes of illustration, two warp worms 57 and 59 are shown on shafts 61 and 63 and each comprises a frusto-conical fluted portion which first re ceives, disentangles and separates the warp threads, and a selecting, spacing and feeding screw or worm portion by which the threads are presented to the hook of the drawing-in needle successively. The shafts 61 and 63 are journaled in hearings in a frame projecting from the carriage 5, referred to. The worm 57 is located slightly above and in advance of the worm 59 so that both are within convenient range of the drawing-in needle.

' The worm shafts 61 and 63 converge slightly toward one another and present their driven ends in superposed relation, as shown in Fig. 2. The shaft 61 has loose thereon a gear 65 driven by a larger gear 67 driven in turn by a pinion. 69 on a stud shaft 71, the latter carrying a miter gear 73 meshing with a miter gear 75 on an inclined shaft 77 journaled in bearings in brackets 79 and 81 secured to the carriage. The shaft 77 has at its lower end a miter gear 83 driven by a miter gear 85 on a sleeve shaft 87 splined to the main driving shaft 7, referred to. The shaft 63 has loose thereon a sprocket wheel 89 driven by a chain 91 from a sprocket wheel 93 fast on a shaft 95 driven by a pinion 97 fast on said shaft from the gear 67 referred to.

The pinions 65 and 97 are adapted to be clutched to their shafts to rotate the worm shafts at the times desired. As shown herein the pinion 65 has a clutch 99 and the pinion 97 has a clutch 101. These clutches are con trolled by spring pressed rods and a pattern mechanism substantially similar to those disclosed in said application Serial No. 692,468. This pattern mechanism comprises a cylinder 103 provided with perforations which are adapted to be brought into regisis connected to said shaft and rotates the be used. for each group if desired.

"tration with a row of feeler bars 105, each of which is provided with an intervening blank or separating washer 107. V

With each retraction of the drawing-in needle the clutches of the pattern mechanism are thrown into engagement to connect the driving devices of the worm shafts therewith, but are immediately released unless held' therefrom by the interposition of a washer in the path of a plunger rod. If for example the pattern mechanism operates to interpose the washer 107 in the path of r the clutch operating rod for the driving. pinion 65 of the worm shaft 61, said pinion same until the clutch is released by the pattern mechanism. Similarly if the driving pinion 97 of the worm shaft 63 is clutched to its shaft said worm shaft will receive rotationuntil the clutch is released by the pattern mechanism.

One group of warp threads 109 is led from an appropriately supported warp beam 111 through a clamp 113 mounted on a carriage 115 similar to the warp carriage shown in the British patent referred to, and is led thence about the worm shaft 61 to a clamp 117 adjustably mounted on rods 118 projecting from the carriage 115. Another group of warp threads 119 is led from an appropriately supported warp beam 121 through said'clamp 113 about the worm shaft 63 to the clamp 117. The warp threads may be put under proper tension for the operations of the feeding, separating and selecting 100 worms by adjusting the clamp 117 along the rods 118. .While the. same clamps are utilized herein for both groups of threads it will be understood that separate clamps may It will be apparent that the pattern mechanism may be constructed and arranged for operating either the worm shaft 61 or the worm shaft 63 in any combination or sequence desired. They might be operated alternately to present warp threads to the needle or a plurality of threads might be presented by one followed by the presentation of a plurality of threads by the other,

or they might be operated simultaneously to present threads to the needle so that two warp threads would be drawn in at the same time.

One of the warp beams may carry the bulk of the warp threads and another may carry a small number of threads. For example, ten threads might be selected in succession from one warp. beam and then one thread might be selected from the other,

thereby arranging the threads for produc- 125 may be arrangedin two or more groups on n l a and-.ais gle ea n y mp y d n c njun t n w thh m ne WVhile the invention is. illustrated herein specifically with reference to its embodiment he e c ina mechani m- Q he Speci i yn shown, her o m of lec ins maybe used within' thebroad principles of the invention.

While the mechanisn't is disclosed herein for'presenting-merely two groups of warp threads to the needle, it will'be understood that a larger number. of groups of threads might be usedl Although the selecting mechanism described herein for presenting thethreadsto the needle of adrawingin machineitis not restriotedto this use,'but is scilisceptible of other( applications as des1re Having described one illustrative embodiment of the invention without limiting. the same thereto what we claim as newanddcsire to secure by- LettersPatent. is:

1. In a textile machine, the combination of a reciprocating, draw-ingfln. devi a lurality of warp worms-,-a n d apattern mechanism for selectively; operatingsaid worms to present threads, from dififerent groups of warp threads to said T drawingsin device.

2. In a textile machine, the combination with means for holding a. plurality of groups of warp threads, of a plurality of warp thread selecting devices, one in operative relation to eachgroup,. and each arranged to progressively. enter into controlling relation to thethreadsand-to progressively. select separate from the body of threads successive threads from that group, meansto aet oneacli thread when separated, and means for. selectively operating, said devices.

3. In a textilemachine, the combination with athread: taking element, of: means for supporting a' plunahty of groups. of warp threadsthe threads of. one groupbeing of different character from the threads of. another group, and means, for progressively entering into controlling relation with the successive threadsof each group andfor presenting such successive. threads from either of said groups to said thread taking element. 7

43. In a, textilemac'hine, the combination withathread taking element, of means for supporting a plurality of groups of warp threads, and means for progressively entering into controlling relation with the successive threads. of, each group and, for. presenting a warptliread to said element from any one of said groups alone.

5; In a textile machine, the'combination with means for supportin v a plurality of groups of warp threads, of selecting means with means. for causing; relative movement between the selecting" means and the warp threads transversely the latter to cause the selecting means to progressively enter into controlling relation with said threads, and means. for operating said selecting means to select threads from said groups in any sequence or order desired.

(5. In a textile machine, the combination with means for supporting a plurality of groups of warp threads, of a threzul-taking element, selecting means with means for causing movement of said selecting means relatively to said. warp and transversely the latter to cause the selecting means to progressively enter into controlling relation with the said threads, and means for operating said thread-selecting means including a pattern mechanism.

7. The combination of means for supporting a plurality ofgroups of warp threads with worm shafts, and a pattern mechanism for rotating one or another of said shafts for selecting the threads from said groups.

8. The combination of a drawing-in needle with means for reciprocating the same, a plurality of worm shafts, means for supporting a plurality of groups of warp threads about said shafts, driving devices for said shafts, clutches for connecting said driving devices to said shafts, and patternfmechanism for controlling said clutches.

9. The combination of a carriage with a drawing-in needle thereon, means for reciprocating saidneedle, a plurality of worm shafts journaledon said carriage, clamps for supporting groups ofwarp threads about. said worm shafts, and means for se lectively rotating said shafts to present a warp thread from one or another 0t said groups of threads into the path ofsaid drawing-in needle.

10. In a textile machine, the combination with a plurality of warp thread selectors, and means for operating said selectors one at a time to progressively enter into controlling engagement with the warp threads awaiting engagement by that selector, and to select and separate and pass on the successive threads one by one from the body of threads.

11. In atextile machinc,the combination with means for supporting a plurality of groups of unseparated warp threads, of a plurality of thread-selecting devices, one for each group, means for operating said selectors independently of each other and forcausing relative movement between said selectors and warpthreads transversely the latter, and to cause the selecting, devices to progressively enter into controlling engagement with the threads of its group.

12. The combination withmeansfor sup porting groups of warp threads, the groups being of different characters, of a plurality of thread selectors, one for each group, pattern mechanism for operating said selectors independently of one another, and means to cause the selectors to travel relatively across the warp threads.

- 13. The combination of warp worm shafts with a pluralityof warp beams, means for supporting threads from said beams about said worm shafts, and means for operating said worm shafts selectively to present warp threads to a single drawing needle.

14. In a textile machine, the combination gressively entering into controlling relation with the threads of each group, common thread-taking means, and pattern-controlled means for timing the operation of the selecting means. V

17 The combination of a-drawing-in device, means for supporting a plurality of groups of warp threads, means to cause relative travel between the drawing-in device and the warp threads transversely the latter, thread-selecting devices for the groups adapted to move with said drawing-in device relatively to said warp threads, and means for operatingsaid devices selectively to present threads to the drawing-in device.

18. In a textile machine, the combination with means forholding a plurality of separate groups of warp threads, the groups being of different characters, separate threadselecting means for progressively entering into controlling relation with the threads to engage and select the threads for each group, and thread-placing means common to the selecting means for engaging a selected thread. 7

19. In a textile machine, the combination with means for holding a plurality of separate sets of warp threads, a plurality of thread selectors, one for each set, arranged each for relative travel across the threads of its set, mechanism for causing each thread selector to enter into progressive con-trolling relation with successive threads of its set and progressively select and separate the same, the selectors being actuated in independently timed relation, and a thread-placing device common to the selectors for engaging threads selected thereby.

20. In a warp-drawing machine, the com titration with supports for a plurality oi separate groups of warpthreads, harness and reed supports for-holding a reed and a plurality of harnesses in a generally parallel relation to the threads,'and operatingfmechanism adapted for relative travelac'ross the threads and said harnesses and reed,- said operatmg mechanism including thread separating means for each group, and a common drawlng-m devlce.

21. In a textile machine, the combination with means for'supporting a plurality; of groups of warp threads, and operating mechanism for progressively acting upon the successive threads of each group, said mechlectively to actuate said separators and thread placing mechanism. r

22. In a textile machine, with means for holding distended two separate groups of warp threads, threadselecting mechanism for each group, adapted to progressively enter into controlling relation with the threads, and means to operate said mechanism to select a thread first'from one group and subsequentlya thread from the 23. In a'drawing-in machine, the combination with means for; holding distended a plurality of separate groups of warp threads, harness supports, a thread separator for each group of threads, a drawing- 'in deviceto put a'warp thread through a harness eye, and means for causmg the profgresslve action of'the drawmg-m device and thread separators on the warp threads.

24. In a textile machine, the combinat on with means for holding distended a plurallty clamping means for the thread ends of a plurality of said sections.

25. In a textile machine,

the combination means for the different sections, adapted to progressively enter into COIltIOlllIlgTGlfLtlOll with the threads,thread-placing mechanism,

operating devices for the selecting means and the thread-placing mechanism, and. a

common thread clamp for a plurality of said sections. I V

26. In a textile machine, the combination. with means for holding distended a plurality of warp threadsectio-ns, a longitudinal bar over-which each section is stretched, said bars being arranged closely adjacent each other, commonme'ans to hold the ends ofthe 'anism including a rotary screw separator V for the threads of each group, mechanism sethe combination 90, other group, and thread-placing mechanism 7 to take the selected threads.

of warpthread sections, separate selecting with means for holding distended a plurality of warp thread sections, separate selecting sections at the same side of the bars,

thread-selecting means for the Warp threads, and operating means therefor.

27. In a textile machine, the combination with means for holding distended a plurality of warp thread sections including a plurality of closely adj aeent, longitudinal members over which the different sections are stretched, the said sections leading toward and then reversely back from the said longi tudinal members in the same general direction, separate thread-selecting devices for 221011 section, and operating mechanism there- 28. In a textile machine, the combination with a plurality of rotary grooved, Warpseparating and selecting devices, driving shafts therefor arranged side by side, means for holding distended a plurality of warp thread sections, each section wrapped around one of said shafts, and means for holding the ends of each section on the same side thereof.

29. In a textile machine, the combination with a plurality of rotary grooved warpseparating and selecting devices, driving shafts therefor arrangedside by side, means for holding distended a plurality of Warp thread sections extending toward and away from the shafts in the same general direction whereby the operator has the leading threads of both sections in the same approximate field of vision.

30. In a textile machine, the combination with a thread taking element, of means for holding a plurality of sets of warp threads to be separated and selected, a thread selecting device for each set adapted to progressively enter into controlling relation with the threads and select and separate the foremost threads from each set and present th separated threads to the thread taking element, and means to actuate said devices to present threads dissimultaneously from said sets.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD LA CHANGE. JOSEPH D. PENNELL.

lVit-nesses for Edward La Chance:

THADDEUS J. MERRILL, FRED W. HooLsBURG. itnesses for Joseph D. Pennell:

JOHN G. NYBERG, A. CORRIGAN.

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